Draft-rigging for railway-cars.



PATENTED AUG. 29, 1905.

J. F. CONNOR. DRAFT RIGGING FOR RAILWAY GARS.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 8. 1905.

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JOHN F. OCONNOR, OFCHICAGQ-ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO W. H. MINER COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

DRAFT-HIGGING FOR RAILWAY-CARS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. OCONNOR, a citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Draft-Rigging for Railway-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in draft-rigging for railway-cars.

Heretofore the side plates or stop-castings of the draft-rigging have ordinarily been secured to the draft-timbers and center sills in part by vertical bolts extending centrally through the draft-timbers and center sills in connection with the customary horizontal bolts; but in many car constructions great difculty and inconvenience has heretofore been experienced by reason of these vertical Abolts extending' through the center sills because of the fact that the structure of the car above the center sills renders their removal very difficult or impossible without great labor and expense.

The object of my present invention is to provide a means for securely and rigidly anchoring the side plates -or stop-castings in place without the necessity of employing bolts extending vertically through the drafttimbers or center sills.

My invention consists in the means I employ to practically accomplish this object or result-that is to say, it consists, in connection with the draw-bar, springs and followers, and side plates or stop-castings, of the draft-rigging, of anchor blocks or pieces itting above the side plates or stop-castings and against the inner face of the center sills and to which the anchor-blocks are secured by bolts extending horizontally through the center sills, the side plates or stop-castings being secured to the anchor-blocks by vertical bolts extending through the same.

My invention also consists in the novel construction of parts and devices and in the novel combinations of parts and devices herein shown and described.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a side elevation, partly in vertical section, of a draftrigging embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 3 3 of Fig. l, and Fig. I is a detail horizontal section of one of the anchor blocks or pieces on line I 4 of Fig. 3.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed J une 8, 1905.

Patented. Aug. 29, 1905.

Serial No. 264,212.

In the drawings, A represents the center sills; A, the end or cross sill; A2, the bufferblock; A3, the carry-iron, and Af the drafttimbers.

B is the coupler; BQ the draw-bar; B2, the draw-bar strap or yoke; C C CZ C, the followers; D, the side plates or stop-castings, and E E the tandem-arranged springs of the draft-rigging. The side plates or stop-castings D D have stops d for the followers to abut against and are secured to the draft-timbers A4 by horizontally-extending bolts ZC F F are anchor blocks or castings secured by horizontally-extending bolts f to the center sills A of the car and each abutting at its front end against the end' or cross sill A and at its rear end against an integral shoulder or projection b, with which each of the side plates or stop-castings D is provided on its upper edge. The anchor blocks or castings F may be made of any desired length, but are preferably somewhat over half the length of the side plates or stop-castings, this being ordinarily sufficient to give them the necessary strong and rigid anchorage to the center sills. Each of the anchor blocks or castings F is provided with sharp-edged toes or flanges j, adapted to enter the center sills, and thus aid in securing the anchor blocks or castings to the center sills. Each of the anchor blocks or castings F is provided with slots f 2 in their lower webs or flanges f3 to receive the upright bolts ff, which extend through the side plates or stop-castings D, and thus secure the side plates or stop-castings D to the anchor `blocks or castings F and to the center sills through said anchor blocks or castings F. As the vertical bolts f4 lit in open slots f2 in the anchor blocks or castings F, these vertical bolts may be readily removed laterally from the anchor-blocks with the side plates or stopcastings D by simply removing the nuts cl3 from the horizontal bolts d', which secure the side plates or stop-castings D to the drafttimbers A4. The upright bolts f1 are furnished with nuts fr and keys f6.

I claim- 1. In a draft-rigging for railway-cars, the combination with the center sills, end sill and draft-timbers, of a draw-bar, draw-bar strap or yoke, springs, followers and side plates or stop-castings having horizontal bolts securing the same to the draft-timbers, and anchor blocks or castings fitting above the side plates IOO or stop-castings and having horizontal bolts securing the same to the center sills and upright bolts securing the side plates or stopcastings to said anchor blocks or castings, substantially as specified.

2. In a draft-rigging for railway-cars, the combination with the center sills, end sill and draft-timbers, of a draw-bar, draw-bar strap or yoke, springs, followers and side plates or stop-castings having horizontal bolts securing the same to the draft-timbers, and anchor blocks or castings fitting above the side plates or stop-castings and having horizontal bolts securing the same to the center sills and upright bolts securing the side plates or stopcastings to said anchor blocks or castings, said anchor blocks or castings having open slots in their lower Webs or fianges to receive said upright bolts, substantially as specified.

3. In a draft-rigging for railway-cars, the combination with the center sills, end sill and draft-timbers, of a draw-bar, draw-bar strap or yoke, springs, followers and side plates or stop-castings having horizontal bolts securing the same to the draft-timbers, and anchor blocks or castings fitting above the side plates or stop-castings and having horizontal bolts securing the same to the center sills, and upright bolts securing the side plates or stopcastings to said anchor blocks or castings, said anchor blocks or castings having sharp-edged toes or ianges entering the center sills, substantially as specified.

4:. In a draft-rigging for railway-cars, the

combination with the center sills, end sill and draft-timbers, of a draw-bar, draw-bar strap or yoke, springs, followers and side plates or stop-castings having horizontal bolts securing the same to the draft-timbers, and anchorl blocks or castings fitting above the side plates or stop-castings and having horizontal bolts securing the same to the center sills and upright bolts securing the side plates or stopcastings to said anchor blocks or castings, said anchor blocks or castings abutting at their front ends against the front sill, and at their rear ends against shoulders on the stop-castings, substantially as specified.

5. In a draft-rigging for railway-cars, the combination withthe side plates or stop-castings furnished with shoulders or projections on their upper edges, of anchor blocks or castings fitting above the side plates or stopcastings, and abutting at their front ends Aagainst the front sill of the car, and at their rear ends against said shoulders or projections on the stop-castings, substantially as specified.

6. In a draft-rigging for railway-cars, the combination with the side plates or stop-castings furnished with shoulders or projections on their upper edges, of anchor blocks or castings fitting above the side plates or stopcastings, and abutting at their front ends against the front sill of the car, and at their rear ends against said shoulders or projections on the stop-castings, and upright bolts extending through the side plates or stopcastings and securing the same to said anchor blocks or castings, substantially as specified.

7. In a draft-rigging for railway-cars, the combination with the side plates or stop-castings furnished with shoulders or projections on their upper edges, of anchor blocks or castings fitting above the side plates or stopcastings, and abutting at their front ends against said shoulders or projections on the stop-castings, and upright bolts extending through the side plates or stop-casting's and securing the same to said anchor blocks or castings, said anchor blocks or castings having open slots to receive said upright bolts, substantially as specified.

JOHN F. OCONNOR.

Witnesses:

H. M. MUNDAY, I?. ABRAMS. 

